ἀκανθοβάτης
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ,
A walking among thorns, nickname of grammarians, AP11.322 (Antiphan.): —fem. ἀκανθο-βάτις, ιδος, ib.7.198 (Leon.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκανθοβάτης: -ου, ὁ, ὁ περιπατῶν διὰ μέσου ἀκανθῶν, σκωπτικὸν ἐπώνυμον τῶν Γραμματικῶν, Ἀνθ. Π. 11. 322· πρβλ. ἄκανθα, Ι. 4: - θηλ.: ἀκανθοβάτις, ιδος, Ἀνθ. Π. 7. 198.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
qui marche sur des épines ; fig. c. ἀκανθολόγος.
Étymologie: ἄκανθα, βαίνω.
